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नित्योत्सवनिबन्ध
No. 238
Size. - 94 in. by 33 in..
Extent. 34 leaves; 10 lines to a page; 30 letters to a line. Description.—Modern water-marked paper ; Devanagari characters ; hand-writing good; two lines in red ink on almost each border. Fol. r" has a flowery border with अथ नित्योत्सवग्रंथप्रारंभः written in the centre. Benedictory phrases, numbers of verses and the colophons are tinged with red pigment. It is incomplete.
Tantra
This codex contains the first two chapters and a part of the third.
Age. - Appears to be modern.
Author.— Umānandanātha. Begins.— fol. 1b
Ends. fol. 34* ( abruptly )
[ 238.
Nityotsavanibandha
671. 1895-1902.
श्रीगणेशाय नमः || अथ नित्योत्सव ग्रंथप्रारंभः ॥' नत्वा नाथपरंपरां शिवमुखां विघ्नेश्वरं श्रीमहां । राज्ञि तत्वविता तदीय प्रतनानाथां तदंतः परां ॥ • एषामावर्ति देवताः परिचितान् रस्मिश्रजा निर्जरान् । aria प्रणयमिदं धनमिदं नाम्नापि नित्योत्सवं ॥ १ ॥
References. See No. 236.
महापद्मवनांतस्थे कारणानंदविग्रहे ।
सर्वभूतहिते मातः येह्येहि परमेश्वरी ॥ १ ॥
इति मंत्रेण - बिंदुपीठगत निर्विशेषब्रह्मात्मक श्रीमत्कामेश्वरांके परदेवतामावाहयेत् ॥ अथ नित्या -
नृसिंह सहस्राक्षरीमन्त्र
No. 239
Nrsimhasahasrākṣarīmantra
493.
1895-98.
Size.- 8‡ in. by 4 in.
Extent. -- 7 leaves ; 7 lines to a page; 22 letters to a line.